Population:
99,858

Kenosha profile

Living in Kenosha

Kenosha is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 99,858 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Kenosha is the fourth largest community in Wisconsin.

Kenosha is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kenosha is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kenosha who work in office and administrative support (15.40%), sales jobs (9.07%), and food service (7.29%).

The citizens of Kenosha are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.94% of adults in Kenosha having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kenosha in 2010 was $23,471, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,884 for a family of four. However, Kenosha contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kenosha is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kenosha home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kenosha residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kenosha also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kenosha include Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Kenosha is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.